Here are the results of the NASCAR Kobalt 400 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The top 10 finishers were:

1. Carl Edwards (2nd time winner, including the 2008 race)
2. Tony Stewart
3. Juan Pablo Montoya
4. Marcos Ambrose
5. Ryan Newman
6. Martin Truex, Jr.
7. Denny Hamlin
8. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
9. Kurt Busch
10. Brian Vickers

Carl Edwards who drove a Ford won a purse of $401,541.

Other notables:

16. Jimmie Johnson (defending race champion)
38. Kyle Busch

The NASCAR Sprint Cup points leaders after the Las Vegas Kobalt 400 are as follows (with today’s finish in parentheses).

1 – Tony Stewart (2)
2 – Kurt Busch (9)
3 – Carl Edwards (1)
4 – Juan Pablo Montoya (3)
5 – Ryan Newman (5)
6 – Paul Menard (12)
7 – Martin Truex, Jr. (6)
8 – Denny Hamlin (7)
9 – A.J. Allmendinger (19)
10 – Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (8)

Just outside of the top 10 are Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, and Kyle Busch.

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Here are the qualifying results for the Kobalt Tools 400, scheduled to take place March 6, 2011. Qualifying took place on Friday, March 6, 2011. Forty four entered to qualify for 43 spots in the race; Brian Keselowski didn’t make the cut.

Top 10 Starting positions

Pole position – #17 Matt Kenseth wins the pole (28.589 seconds; 188.884 mph). Kenseth is a 2-time winner at Las Vegas (2003 and 2004).

2 – #9 Marcose Ambrose

3 – #99 Carl Edwards (2008 winner)

4 – #16 Greg Biffle

5 – #18 Kyle Busch (2009 winner)

6 – #20 Joey Logano

7 – #43 A.J. Allmendinger

8 – #39 Ryan Newman

9 – #56 Martin Truex, Jr.

10 – #5 Mark Martin (1998 winner)

Other positions

14 – #48 Jimmie Johnson (4-time winner: 2005-2007; 2010)

21 – #31 Jeff Burton (2-time winner: 1999, 2000)

The Sam’s Town 300, the Las Vegas Nationwide Series race, takes place Saturday, March 5, with a start time of 3:00 pm ET. It will be televised on ABC, with radio broadcast on PRN starting at 2:30.

Kristen Hertzenberg, who plays the starring role of Christine Daae in Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada, will sing the National Anthem at the Las Vegas Kobalt Tools 400.

Also filed under: Kobalt Tools 400, Kobalt Tools 500, Las Vegas 400